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1 lis 2014 · In thrillers, one protagonist that the audience can sympathize with usually survives, but here all three family members die. When Anna successfully shoots Peter, as a possible start to a heroic escape for the family, Paul uses a remote control to rewind the film itself and prevent her action.
I know plenty of people personally who cannot stomach any sort of torture or gore in a film, and refuse to watch most thrillers and horrors. On the other hand, there are cult followings around films like Martyrs, Salo, A Serbian Film, Nekromantik, even both of his Funny Games.
Funny Games: Directed by Michael Haneke. With Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet. Two psychopathic young men take a family hostage in their cabin.
Funny Games: Say A Prayer/Remote Control (Breakdown of a Scene!) ANALYSIS - YouTube. Here's another scene analysis in my Breakdown of a Scene series. I've been having a lot of fun doing these...
I've been on a Haneke binge recently and Funny Games (either version) is my favourite film of his so far. Up until recently I preferred the US version, but I realized that the original can be understood as a sequel to Benny's Video with Paul as an older Benny.
14 maj 2019 · And this is when Haneke pulls out his most outrageous fourth-wall-breaking tactic. Paul, stunned at what has just transpired, finds the TV remote, pauses Funny Games itself as if it were a video, and then rewinds the film, so that he can safely remove the shotgun right as Anna reaches for it. This, it turns out, is Funny Games’ true
Funny Games - both versions - aren’t about telling a traditional story, but making the audience consider how and why they consume entertainment. Instead of giving us our “treats” - like nudity, or a comeuppance for the villains - the film withholds them, and asks WHY that’s what we wanted.
